Scanning of Heparin Bags

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Linda Wieloch
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Scanning of Heparin Bags

Currently, we are using Hospira’s brand of Heparin 25,000 units/250mL (NDC # 0409-4520-02) for our continuous Heparin infusions. Nursing is having difficulty scanning the product and have requested additional labels with a readable barcode. We are reluctant to do this for fear of proxy scanning. Has anyone else ran into this problem? And if so, how did you improve your Heparin drip scanning rate? Any suggestions outside of extra labels would be appreciated. THANK YOU ALL.

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